Should the National press report on primary school lockdowns?

[Lazytiger]

Why aren’t the national press reporting the primary school lockdown near Birmingham? Only GB news and local news outlets reported it. I haven’t seen anything in the broadsheets/TV news.

AIBU to expect the National UK press to report things that happen in the UK?

In the last two days two school lockdowns have been reported, but only locally.

One was a report of schools in Weston-super-Mare that locked down due to a suspect person with a knife. The second was a school near Birmingham called Shireland Hall primary Academy. Where a gang wearing balaclavas and carrying weapons entered the school and threatened teachers and pupils.

Am I being unreasonable to expect the press to report what is happening in this country?

You may argue that the first schools didn’t come to any harm so perhaps nationally reporting something that would just cause concern is the right thing to do (I don’t, but understand others might) But the second school, I feel, should have been more widely reported. Perhaps it will be. But it happened on Tuesday and it is now Thursday.

Googling the school in Birmingham I was surprised to see Birmingham live have reported several lockdowns over the year and other schools in other areas come up in the search too.

I recall a while ago that we had rolling news on the fires in California. Other than telling us there had been fires in California the 24-7 News coverage wasn’t adding much detail. There were plenty of complaints at the time that this was to distract the population from the ongoing Rotherham case. Something that was of far more interest to the UK population. Thankfully the media didn’t succeed and people didn’t forget about those girls.

Is this the same reason for the under reporting - race relations?

Regardless of the worry these incidents may cause in the wider population I feel it is the job of the UK press to report these and to not, on our behalf, decide what we should be told and what we shouldn’t.

We had to listen to how many people died ‘with’ covid on a daily basis, yet there seems to be zero interest in reporting ongoing threats to our children.

There was not a conspiracy by the media to portray Axel Rudakubana as a white choirboy. His background as the child of immigrants from Rwanda was reported within hours. He was described as being from Cardiff because he was born in Cardiff.

Who would have ordered this conspiracy, in any case? The government? Why would the press have complied, then?

I think the OP maybe did read it but just isn’t actually capable of understanding/lacks comprehension.
It’s a sad thing, really.

Yes I've read the article - and I now understand where all the chatter around lockdowns is coming from. I can see a new Act has been passed. The article clearly states that lockdown drills are not mandatory. So again I will say that my DCs have not have any lockdown drills and prior to the summer holiday I'd not even heard the word used other than for Covid.

Comments on here are that some heads are writing to parents to inform them they will be conducting them. Others on here say their schools have done them and it's no big deal to them. Well it is to me. Obviously I'm old fashioned but I like to know what my DCs are being told at school.

I am not overreacting in wanting to know how prevalent lockdowns are and if they are increasing. I don't recall ever having this issue when I was at school, I'm old but not that old to think it is not normal behaviour in this country.

The National press have no appetite to report the facts

It's a shame I've had to search high and low to get information explaining what is going on and I do apologise to anyone who thinks I should have come on here with a fully worked up, cast iron argument, rather than using Mumsnets AIBU to post a question. Lesson learnt.

Now I'm done.

No. The only purpose of it would be to create mass hysteria. I don't need to know about local issues unless I'm in that locality.

Op! I’ve heard on the grapevine that schools have fire drills twice a year at least. Why is this not on the news!! Will someone please think of the children.

For your own sanity turn off the likes of GB news! They are trying to wind you up and like to use children as ammunition.

Every “real” primary lockdown I’m award of has been essentially somebody’s fishwife of a parent turning up and kicking off at the reception staff. And the school locking down to keep the kids away from them until the police remove them.

Not really news is it? School gate gossip yes, national news no. Unless we are going to report on every arsehole kicking off anywhere.

Seriously, you have been living under a rock if you don't understand the media were trying to paint this 'choir boy' as Aled Jones to detract from his background

What background? His Christian background? His Rwandan heritage?

I’ve done lockdown drills as a teacher. Code X - lockdown because of an intruder. Code Y - bomb threat. Every public building has had fire drills for decades.

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Somebody sure has been living under a rock.

I'm sorry but I'm really not sure you do

A school lockdown is not national news.

I googled and there is actually a lot of newspaper reporting with conflicting information - sometimes in the same article. None say they were in the school. Some say in the grounds, some say on the street. Some say parents saw and reported, some say it was a child or children. Police arrived and saw nothing.